[olug] Why I won't buy HTC Devices

[Barry Von Ahsen]

that was a complaint with the dell ubuntu computers too - dell's oem 
agreement specifies that MS gets a license payment for any unit shipped, 
even on the ubuntu or freedos installed computers (or at least that's 
what I remember)


-barry


On 5/27/2011 11:34 AM, aric at omahax.com wrote:
> I'm on my 5th HTC Phone.  I have used them since the XV6600 (HTC Harrier).
>   They make good hardware.  I am not going to make a decision on what
> foreign company's phone to buy simply because our government grants
> Microsoft stupid patents.  It might have been the best business decision
> at the time, is Microsoft paying them to put crappy 7 on a phone?
>
>
>> http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/27/ms_royalty_deal_htc_android/
>>
>> <http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/27/ms_royalty_deal_htc_android/>"Buy
>> an
>> HTC smartphone and $5 of what you spent on it goes to Microsoft - even if
>> you've just bought an Android device."
>>
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